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solecist en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) Having the characteristics of a solecism.
   • […] is another solecist quotation. 2001, Scripta Classica Israelica:

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most solecist	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more solecist	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

solecist en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) One who commits a solecism.
   • Shall a noble writer, and an inspired noble writer, be called a solecist, and barbarian, for giving a new turn to a word so agreeable to the analogy and genius of the Greek tongue? 1725, Anthony Blackwall, The Sacred Classics Defended And Illustrated:
   • Too often is the college graduate a solecist through her ignorance of the customs and usages of that class whose life is made up of the minutiae of politeness. 1890, The Alpha Phi Quarterly:
   • Let me, therefore, urge you, if you ever feel condemned by such yielding, to become a solecist and wilfully and determinately break those laws of society that your conscience can not approve. 1887, The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health:

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